Engagement in contemporary art, military history and MIT
Monday, March 19th, 2007 Posted in Education, Engagement Marketing, News, Participation, Social Networks | No Comments »Last week I was in the states. Hanging out with friends in Louisville, and then speaking at the Comparative Media Studies Program @ MIT. In Louisville, I spent some time talking to the Contemporary Art Centre at the Speed Museum, University ...
Sony and classrooms without walls
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 Posted in Education, Engagement Marketing, Gaming, Generation C, Participation, Society | No Comments »This looks exciting Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled its new PSP in Education initiative at a special launch event in London yesterday. The PSP in Education presentation highlighted how the handheld could be used in the classroom to ...
Alan Moore and Tomi Ahonen present at Oxford course on Mobile Social Networking in July
Thursday, February 1st, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Education, Engagement Marketing, Events, Generation C, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Strategy, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech | No Comments »Alan and I are presenting at Oxford University's new short course on Mobile Social Networking, which was designed by our good friend Steve Jones of the 3G Portal, who obviously also will present. The one day course is on July ...
Engagement in a participatory culture
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Marketing, Media, Networks, Participation, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Howard Rheingold on Henry Jenkins Henry Jenkins has posted on his blog about the paper he and his colleagues have written for the MacArthur Foundation, about participatory culture and media literacy. I have followed Jenkins' lead in my attempts ...
democracy deserves the best thinking possible
Saturday, August 12th, 2006 Posted in Books, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Society | No Comments »Steve Dahlberg left a great comment on our post about the challenges facing education. Referencing a new book, the thoughts are interesting to the point I think they deserve reposting so here it is... Thanks Steve for the heads ...
Creative industries and the economy
Friday, August 11th, 2006 Posted in Darwin, Economics, Education, Government & Politics, News, Society, Strategy, Trends | 2 Comments »Lunch with Prime Minister Tony Blair... JS had lunch with Tony Blair he says The Prime Minister wanted advice on advancing the United Kingdom's position in Europe for research and development. Nearly everyone in the room referenced Stanford and Berkeley's ...
The dream of the personal computer aka the world is mobile
Saturday, July 29th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Generation C, Government & Politics, Health, Marketing, Mobile, Music, Newspapers, Participation, Society, Strategy, Trends | 6 Comments »From the Economist July 29th. On the PC's 25th birthday, The Economist leader article says. The IBM PC helped to democratise computing. Now to finish the job. Merchants in Zambia use mobile phones for banking; farmers in Senegal use them to ...
Smart learning for the future
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 Posted in Education, Engagement Education, Engagement Organisations, Ethics, News, Participation, Society | No Comments »A round table discussion on the strategies and tools required for education to effectively deliver for the future. Organised by the New Statesman. The discussions range over what type of schools do we need, what technologies should we employ. What motivates ...
One laptop per child
Monday, July 17th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Ethics, Government & Politics, Health, News, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »In Africa, Asia, and South America, residents often lack access to basic necessities such as electricity and medical care, much less the technological resources to educate their children. And though deploying millions of inexpensive computers throughout the developing world ...
20th Century education no match for the needs of a 21st Century world
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Education, Engagement Education, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »That is not my point of view, well it may be, but more significantly it is the point of view of American policy on education In an article in the journal, the point is made The specter of losing ...
